Remains in wall ID'd as Poughkeepsie woman missing since '85

9:04 AM,
Jul. 2, 2013

JoAnn Nichols

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Sarah Bradshaw
Gannett

A Poughkeepsie woman whose skeletal remains were found nearly 28 years after she disappeared apparently died from blunt trauma to her head, according to police.

On Monday, the Dutchess County Medical Examiner's Office identified the decayed bones uncovered in a Vassar Road home as JoAnn Nichols, who was reported missing on Dec. 21, 1985, by her husband James L. Nichols Jr.

In a statement released late Monday, town police said they will "continue the investigation by further examination of the case and new forensic evidence." ...